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Saturday, August 27, 2011

cat people only

oh, snuck in did you? Well, get your clothes pin out because this isn't going to be pretty.

Did you ever wonder why cats choose to stink up the box immediately AFTER you've just finished scooping and putting fresh litter down. It's like you cleaned the bathroom and then someone (pick a name) came in and horrified the place.

Or how about the cat that goes out - god knows why - only to come in minutes later to use the litter box, and stink the place up, thank you very much.

You would think, me working at a veterinarian an' all, I'd have some answers. And while I can guess that in instance number one I have have a fussy cat who won't take a crap unless the box is frakking pristine, instance number two just baffles me. I mean, WTF?!

Ya gotta love 'em. Our girls watch and wait very patiently while I clean out their litter box, and then immediately jump in and have their way with it. Guess they want to make sure we don't get rid of their scent?

WEST OF PARADISE

In which Jack and Katherine find out that traveling to the past - 1881 to be exact - isn't nearly as much fun as they thought it would be...

first impressions

I have teamed up with Dianne Salerni and Krystalyn Drown to critique the first page of your unpublished manuscript on the first Monday of every month. If you're interested, please email Me or Dianne. We promise to be nice :)

Please, write 'first impressions' in the subject line, and paste your submission into the body of the email - no attachments. We'll also happily link to your blog, website, what have you, and would love a pic, either of you or something appropriate to your work, and that you have the rights to. Thank-you! Critiques help all of us.

FAQs

1. A page is about 350-400 words2. Prologue or first chapter? Send what you would query an agent or editor with.3. Will we rip your work apart? Absolutely not. We do our best to be kind and helpful.

you:

me:

Marcy S. Hatch, author of West of Paradise (think Tombstone meets Romancing the Stone) from WiDo publishing. I live in Midcoast Maine. I can walk downtown to the Damariscotta River and the award winning Maine Coast Bookshop, which has a webcam on its roof and a cafe on the sidewalk. If you want to see what my town looks like from up there, double click on the door below and you'll get a bird's eye view.

If you are a new author I would be happy to post a pic/link of your upcoming novel and interview you if you're interested. Don't be shy! Click on contact :)